Arabic News Weekly Edition for Yemen, 9/23/2002
Weekly Edition, Yemen - Week of September 23, 2002
- Yemeni president accuses the opposition of being hirelings Yemen, Politics, 9/27/2002
- Yemen: Four French of Arab origin arrested
The Yemeni authorities on Sunday evening arrested four French men of Arab origin, suspected to have links with al-Qaida organization. Yemen, Local, 9/24/2002 - US pressure causing loss of Yemeni citizens rights; Two al-Qaida suspects killed; tensions renew with Eritrea
Last week the Yemeni parliament established a committee to investigate alleged human rights violations by the Yemeni security forces in the framework of its campaign against Osama Bin laden supporters. The Amnesty International said that Yemen has arrested thousands of people including children with some of them at 12 year old and university teachers and journalists. Yemen-USA, Politics, 9/23/2002